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"Yakuza 4" is coming to PlayStation Plus next month. Courtesy/Sega

Six new games are coming to subscription-based PlayStation Plus in February, but social media is abuzz over Sega game “Yakuza 4” reaching the service, which launched for the PlayStation 3 in Japan in 2010 and in North America and Europe in 2011.

Five more games are also coming to PlayStation Plus, including “Transistor” (PS4), “Apotheon” (PS4), “Thief” (PS3), “Rogue Legacy,” (PS Vita/PS4/PS3) and “Kick & Fennick” (PS Vita).

“Yakuza 4” is a follow-up to 2009 game “Yakuza 3” and is the fifth installment in the series. The game takes place in Kamurocho, a fictionalized version of Shinjuku’s red-light district, Kabukicho. The game follows four main protagonists, Kazuma Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama and Taiga Saejima. “Yakuza 4” features a number of mini-games, including table tennis, karaoke, hanafuda and fishing.

“Yakuza 5” launched in Japan on Dec.6, 2012 and is scheduled to be released in the United States and Europe this year.